Sanders & Gilliland Score at the Texas Motorplex!

The highly anticipated kick off of the 2025 DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos Championship tour took place May 1-3rd at the historic Texas Motorplex and the CHAOS lived up to its name as the action on raceday was some of the tightest and most exciting we've seen in series history! 

A stout field of twenty four cars were on the property in hopes of earning a spot in the sixteen car feature show. Weather delayed the Nitro Chaos teams from qualifying on Friday and it was time to thrash on Saturday with two qualifying sessions followed by eliminations in the McKinney Corp 'A' Field and CP-Carrillo 'B' Field. 

With header flames up and nitro fumes filling the sky the elimination rounds of Nitro Chaos were action packed. It was time for the last dance and first up was the McKinney Corp 'A' Field final featuring two first time finalists Jake Sanders in "The Menace" Outlaw Top Fuel Dragster against Donnie Massey's "Showtime" AA/Fuel Altered. The drivers left the line together but by sixty feet Massey was out of the groove and forced to lift giving him the best seat in the house to watch Sanders and company blast to a 3.71 at 212 mph for an impressive and memorable first win for the Dennis Mitchell owned team and driver / tuner Jake Sanders. 

The last pair of the night welcomed two more first time Nitro Chaos finalists to the line for the CP-Carrillo 'B' Field final round featuring Chuck Loftin's brand new "Crap Shoot" AA/Fuel Altered against James Gilliland in the "Psycho Too" AA/Fuel Altered. This one was a thriller as both cars used pedal jobs to try and get to the stripe first and it was Gilliland's 4.09 at 174 mph narrowly defeating Loftin's 4.10 at 175 mph. Big congratulations to Gilliland and owner / tuner Dale Wilkens on their first Nitro Chaos event win! 

Congratulations to all the Nitro Chaos participants and thank you for your support through the weather challenges we faced early in the season and at the Texas Motorplex. 

The next stop on the DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos Championship tour takes the series to Iowa's Eddyville Raceway Park and their 60th Anniversary celebration, the 2nd Annaul Twisted Shifters & 360-Steel CHAOS IN THE CORNFIELD presented by Stanke Motorsports on May 23-25th. We'll see you...at the CHAOS! 
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2025 NITRO CHAOS Schedule Released!

We are excited to announce the five event NITRO CHAOS Championship Drag Racing Series schedule for the upcoming 2025 season!
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This will mark the third year for the run whatcha' brung outlaw nitromethane burning points series which features front engine dragsters, fuel altereds, funny cars and door cars of all kinds with only one thing in common...80%+ NITRO in the tank!
We'll see you...at the CHAOS!

Haas Clinches 2024 Championship, Umlauf & Pennington Win at Midstate Dragway

The DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos series made its final appearance of the 2024 season at Midstate Dragway in Havana, Illinois for the Twisted Shifterz Championship Finals presented by Morrow Brothers Ford. 

Coming into the event, Joey Haas had the points lead but with Mitch King and Jody Austin hot on his heels, the pressure was on. A full sixteen car field of outlaw nitro burners of all kinds jammed the pits for two days of battle where the Championship would be decided. Every team on the property was after precious points in their efforts to finish in the Top 10 and earn their piece of the $15,000 DMP Awnings Championship payout. 

Friday night hosted two header flame filled qualifying sessions and saw Dave Hill in the "Mad Max" N/FC sitting atop the charts with a 3.63 at 209 mph. Championship contender Jody Austin was in the bottom half of the field going into Saturday. Austin's third qualifying attempt landed him in the number two spot with a 3.61 at 201 mph. Points leader Joey Haas struggled a bit on Friday, but came out swinging in the third qualifying session to take the top spot with a stellar 3.55 at 208 mph. The fields were set and it was time to play for keeps.

A quick shower pushed through the area after the qualifying was completed. A big thank you and job well done goes out to the entire staff at Midstate Dragway for their hard fought effort to dry and re-prepare the track for the event to continue. The fans were still coming through the gate and it was time to race!

The first pair of the first round of McKinney Motorsports 'A' Field competition found defending series Champion Garry Wheeler Jr lined up with Joey Haas, the current points leader.  Upon completing his burnout, Haas and company clinched the 2024 DMP Awnings NITRO CHAOS Championship! Its a good thing they had points in hand, because Wheeler's 3.900 defeated Haas' 3.903 in the closest drag race of the season. 

As the elimination rounds dwindled down, the CP-Carrillo 'B' Field final was in the water box and featured first time finalist Andy Fangman and his crowd favorite Iowa based nitro powered "Fueled Addiction" 1969 Camaro Pro Mod against top five contender Wade Pennington in the "Scrap Bucket" AA/Fuel Altered from Oklahoma. The drivers were dead even off the line but Pennington had the power and his 4.22 just nosed out Fangman's close 4.34. 

The McKinney Motorsports 'A' Field found a John Umlauf in a battle with Garry Wheeler Jr. Off the line Wheeler had the advantage but mechanical problems set in and Umlauf charged header flames high in the sky to his first career CHAOS win with a 3.99 time slip. 

Congratulations to the winners John Umlauf and Wade Pennington in an all fuel altered winners circle and to the 2024 DMP Awnings NITRO CHAOS Champion, Joey Haas and the "Nimrods"! ​
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